WE RECENTLY WROTE about Aristophanes' solution to warring men: Lysistrata, the title character of his classic play, assembled a group of other Greek women to declare that they would deny sex to their husbands until the guys stopped fighting wars. Now that modern men are preoccupied with new laws to rule over vaginas, State Sen. Nina Turner of Cleveland has smartly channeled the issue solely into the men's private domain. She has introduced a bill in the Ohio legislature that will require men to prove that they have erectile dysfunction for physical and not only psychological reasons.How would that work? She wants cardiac stress tests, analysis by sex therapists and any other means to determine whether the guy gets a prescription for sex-enhancing drugs like Viagra.
In a sly put-down of meddling male lawmakers, Turner told a reporter:
"We want to make sure that men, vulnerable, fragile men, who are not capable of making decisions for themselves, understand all of the side effects and the implications of these types of drugs."
And in a release, she mischievously explained: "The men in our lives, including members of the General Assembly, generously devote time to fundamental female reproductive issues - the least we can do is return the favor."
That seems fair enough, right men? Oh? You don't think so? Should I warn you that Lysistrata's wicked response to hawkish men worked?
Misogynists, you have a problem - and it's not limited to erectile dysfunction.
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